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In common law jurisdictions and some civil law jurisdictions, legal professional privilege protects all communications between a professional legal adviser (a solicitor, barrister or attorney) and his or her clients from being disclosed without the permission of the client. The privilege is that of the client and not that of the lawyer.
Attorney–client privilege or lawyer–client privilege is the common law doctrine of legal professional privilege in the United States. Attorney–client privilege is "[a] client's right to refuse to disclose and to prevent any other person from disclosing confidential communications between the client and the attorney."
One well known privilege is the solicitor–client privilege, referred to as the attorney–client privilege in the United States and as the legal professional privilege in Australia. This protects confidential communications between a client and his or her legal adviser for the dominant purpose of legal advice. [1]
United States attorney–client privilege case law (7 P) Pages in category "Legal professional privilege" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
Although the MRPC generally is not binding law in and of itself, it is intended to be a model for state regulators of the legal profession (such as bar associations) to adopt, while leaving room for state-specific adaptations. [1] All fifty states and the District of Columbia have adopted legal ethics rules based at least in part on the MRPC ...
The Australian Law Reform Commission has adopted the terminology 'client legal privilege', as opposed to 'legal professional privilege', on the basis the privilege is held by the client not the lawyer. [4] 'Client legal privilege' is the terminology used in Commonwealth and state evidence statutes.
The combination of McCormick’s decision and Tesla's response sets up a 2025 legal battle that could go all the way to the US Supreme Court — and could have implications for any big publicly ...
Professional privilege may refer to rights to maintain confidentiality in various professions and jurisdictions: Accountant–client privilege in the United States; Legal professional privilege: Legal professional privilege (Common Law) Legal professional privilege (Australia) Legal professional privilege (England & Wales)